The Lotus Carlton.... Started out as a lowly Vauxhall Carlton or Opal Omega. A car that can do 280 Km/h, 377 hp, 419 lb-ft, from 3.6 L I6... all in 1990

When I think of the “best cars” of the ‘80s, I see the posters on the walls of my childhood bedroom. Now that I’m a middle-aged man, I concede that most of them weren’t very good cars. I think it’s important for the best car to at least be a good car.

I mean, which junior higher WOULDN’T want their dad to show up in this puppy!

Yeah, so much for all the “it never explodes like that in real life” Mythbusters.  Sorry to have ever doubted you, Michael Bay.  

I have nothing against converting a classic car to electric if you do it for ease of use and decreased maintenance (or to make it quicker).

Half of the joy of driving an old car anyway is the old power train with the associated noises and smells (at least for me). 

Ford Ecosport

There’s something to be said for the bracing honesty of the bland car. It isn’t trying to hard at being something else. It simply is what it is, and that actually makes it worthy of appreciation.

That was dam close. 

Was totally expecting a slideshow but clicked anyway because I was interested. Pleasantly surprised, thank you. 

I have done dual circuit conversion on all of those cars. And it’s not as bad as one might think.

I will say that driving the car as designed to be driven, instead of treating it like a modern car, will most likely result in safe operation for years.

Easy.  An instrument cluster that is backlit even when headlights are not on.  Because of that, I often see people driving down the freeway with no headlights or taillights on because they have no clue they are off.

You can already get a true vert version.

This is a race that has always been known for safety and the well being of its participants, so I'm glad they decided to cancel. I'd hate to find out someone died at the Isle of Man Time Trial.

Really Happy.

All it needed was a theme to be the world’s first DONK.

I can kind of see where you’re coming from on this. I think the draw is in doing something very few other people do that transcend the boundaries of expectation, but I imagine it comes down to the kind of person you are. I’ve had a lot of wild shit sprung on me in my life and a lot of adventure that I definitely…

If I had $55k available for a toy, I’d buy a  used 911 newish Cayman.

Chevy likes to do this too. Not only are the Volt and Bolt just one letter away on the keyboard, inviting typos that you might not realize are typos, but it requires extra effort to enunciate properly in order to avoid confusion.

me waiting for the estate sales